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October 01, 2003 RUSH ON DRUGS....SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?....I think my brain is about to explode. As I was walking home from the market I got to thinking that I should get off the Plame story for a while and blog about something else. But what? Well, I thought, surely I've been remiss in not piling on Rush Limbaugh for his inane comment about Donovan McNabb being overrated because he's black, right?
So I started thinking about what to say, and it occurred to me that this is really a great example of how the conservative blabocracy is simply obssessed with the idea that blacks are just too damn well treated in our society, and it's time someone spoke up about it. Especially in sports, which as we all know is renowned for treating its participants with kid gloves and being unwilling to criticize poor performance. Yeah, I figured that would be a good thing to say. And I thought the term "blabocracy" was kind of clever and I wanted to get a chance to use it. But then I figured I would turn around and disagree with Wesley Clark, who thinks that ABC should fire Limbaugh. See, the fact is that Limbaugh and his fellow blabbers say this kind of stuff all the time. But they only say it on the radio, and only dittoheads are listening, and the mainstream media doesn't report it because, you know, it's just radio, and it's just Rush, and that stuff gets a free pass. So most Americans don't actually know what Rush and his pals are like. So I say, keep him on the air. Let America see what Rush and his fellow right wing bigots are really like. Maybe it will open their eyes. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. But then I got home and the first thing I saw was this on Drudge:
Huh? Rush is part of a drug ring? His housekeeper wore a wire? Tens of thousands of pills? Did I pop into an alternate universe when I walked across the bridge over the 405? Anyway, so much for the whole post about McNabb. Old news. I guess I'll have to save it for another time. UPDATE: Darn. Rush has resigned. Posted by Kevin Drum at October 1, 2003 06:50 PM | TrackBackComments
I have to be skeptical of Drudge's motives here. Him and Rush have an obvious symbiotic relationship. Whenever Rush says something noteworthy (like striking back against McNab critics, or announcing that he's deaf) Drudge runs it front and center. Drudge also leaves articles on his page for Rush to find; the recent Clark-speed-of-light smear appeared to follow this arc. So in my opinion, Drudge wouldn't be pushing this story in this way if he didn't think it would have a net positive effect for Rush. I'm not sure why but we'll surely find out eventually. Posted by: neil at October 1, 2003 06:56 PM | PERMALINKDid you by any chance walk under a strange styrofoamy stone arch with shimmering light in the opening? Just checking. Posted by: Jon H at October 1, 2003 06:56 PM | PERMALINKIt's the ENQUIRER, Kevin. Think about that for a bit. Posted by: Kenneth G. Cavness at October 1, 2003 07:02 PM | PERMALINKWhats with all the left disbelieving Drudge? How often is he wrong? Not very. Anyway, check out Atrios's comment thread for a despicable example of the left's hatred for its opponents. I don't know that Rush has ever been in favor of tough drug laws, and lots of conservatives favor legalization. Yet hypocrisy charges will ring out just as they did for Bennett, even though he never faulted anybody for gambling. Posted by: Reg at October 1, 2003 07:06 PM | PERMALINKSo in my opinion, Drudge wouldn't be pushing this story in this way if he didn't think it would have a net positive effect for Rush. I'm not sure why but we'll surely find out eventually. Huh? What could POSSIBLY be positive for Limbaugh about being fingered as an addict and drug law offender? Boost his ratings among the prison population? Get more ad dollars from Pfizer? Claim his recent comments on the Philly QB were uttered while under a drug-induced stupor? Well, actually this last idea has a neat kind of logic. Posted by: P. B. Almeida at October 1, 2003 07:07 PM | PERMALINKRush has spewed enough venom for 13+ years that he becomes an automatic exception to any "play nice" rule. he's spewed lies, bigotry, and hate all that time, all the while being treated as a legitimate voice by our media (NBC, howie kurtz, etc...) I'll admit, schadenfreude is my favorite emotion, though it doesn't apply to most people. If Rush is innocent of whatever this story is, then I hope he learns the joys of being on the receiving end of an illegitimte smear. If he's guilty, I hope he learns a little empathy. Posted by: Atrios at October 1, 2003 07:14 PM | PERMALINKI like "blabocracy" - It fits well on Rush in my mind -- maybe it's something O'Reilly can wear. Posted by: dorsano at October 1, 2003 07:14 PM | PERMALINKHeh, Atrios accusing others of lies, bigotry, and hate. I can't say
that I've seen any bigotry (nor have I seen it from Rush), but I've seen
both from you as well. Heh, Atrios accusing others of lies, bigotry, and hate. I can't say
that I've seen any bigotry (nor have I seen it from Rush), but I've seen
both from you as well. Reg: " Has the left's hatred for those not sharing their political views blinded their basic humanity?" Well, to be fair, he's not just a righty, he's also an asshole. The two aren't synonymous, and I think right-wingers who aren't assholes get better treatment from the left. Limbaugh has done to others, and, well, you know how that goes. PB writes: "What could POSSIBLY be positive for Limbaugh about being fingered as an addict and drug law offender?" Uh, more Street Cred? Maybe he wants to use his ESPN gig to connect with the African-American market, and then he can launch a new career as a rapper named 15 Cent. After he gets out of jail. That said, it's probably bullshit. Posted by: Jon H at October 1, 2003 07:18 PM | PERMALINKMcNabb's quarterback rating over the past 3 years has been 82.4. Jay Fiedler's (Miami QB) rating has been 79.9. Might as well be a wash on paper. This year McNabb's rating has been 51.1, with no touchdown passes; Fidler's has been 81.8 (both have played three games). In the games that each were injured last year, Fiedler's team was atrocious, McNabb's team had a winning record. This despite the fact that Fiedler had the NFL's leading rusher (or 2nd leading rusher) on his team and McNabb had someone named "Duce". Yet McNabb is the all pro doing soup commercials and Fiedler is not. Based on this (admittedly little) analysis, I'd say Rush was right and that McNabb was getting credit for the performance of the team that he didn't deserve. Was he right to link it to race? I think that's up for debate. Look at the racially politicized NFL coach hiring this year. Detroit hires what could only be described as the consensus "best" candidate in Steve Mariucci, and gets their GM fined six figures for not sufficiently pursuing black candidates, San Francisco hires a retread who never had decent season in the NFL, and they get a pass. Rush was right, despite what you may think of his political views. Posted by: Ugh at October 1, 2003 07:18 PM | PERMALINKSorry for double posts, stupid computer. Anwyay, this may turn out to be the biggest day in politics this year, if the reports of WMDs turn out to be true. Don't trash the Enquirer, at least not yet. In the last few years, they've been credited with breaking news about scandals that turned out to be true. Also: the New York Daily News will have this story on its front page tomorrow, according to Drudge. Let's just sit back and see how all of this plays out. My prediction---Rush is in a real pickle. Posted by: kimster at October 1, 2003 07:30 PM | PERMALINKReg: what are you talking about re: WMD? Just checked NYT, MSNBC, and CNN - nothing at all. What's up? Posted by: P. B. Almeida at October 1, 2003 07:30 PM | PERMALINKYou're getting all meta on us, Kevin. Posted by: Jason McCullough at October 1, 2003 07:35 PM | PERMALINKI think I spotted your problem, sir. You live in Orange County. What the hell are you doing walking home from the market? Over the 405, no less? Posted by: --kip at October 1, 2003 07:36 PM | PERMALINKPB: Apparently there's a story in the Hindustan times about chemical weapons being seized in Kuwait. Which isn't necessarily good for Bush, if it shows that 5 months after he claimed "Mission Accomplished" Iraqi WMD aren't secured and are leaving the country, and it's not possible to know how much has left. It would be good for Bush if it says there was, in fact, WMD in Iraq. But I'm not sure that'd outweigh the first point. It would be bad for Bush because it again points out that someone on his staff outed a WMD expert in the CIA. Posted by: Jon H at October 1, 2003 07:39 PM | PERMALINKMore political fun: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3156836.stm "A panel of experts chosen by the Bush administration found that good will towards America had plummeted in the past year, from Jordan to Indonesia" "Entitled "Changing Minds, Winning Peace", the report finds that 15% of Indonesians now view the US favourably - down from 61% in 2002. " "In the spring of 2003, only one percent of Jordanians took a favourable view of the US compared with 25% in the summer of 2002. " Possible flaw: if the polling was all done prewar or during the war, which would clearly tend to increase negativity. Posted by: Jon H at October 1, 2003 07:41 PM | PERMALINKIt is always a trip to read Reg's commentary. It is like stepping into an alternate universe. Reg's take on Atrios comment thread is hilarious. I, as well as all of you, have read some commentary on Little Green Footballs, Lucianne.com, and The FreeRepublic, all of which not only have a far larger readership than Atrios, but are unbeatable for the sheer, unmitigated vileness of the commentary therein. Rush has always been for the party line and that includes tough drug enforcement. Reg says lots of conservatives favor drug legalization. Name a half-dozen Reg, or listen to Fox News and report back the conservatives who want to decriminalize drugs. As for Bennett, I thought it hypocritical that the only vice that he did NOT condemn was the one he enjoyed. If Reg hasn't seen any bigotry from Limbaugh, it can only be because he defines bigotry as an attribute of the left. Bigotry disguised as humor is still bigotry. As for making up stories about WMD, the Bush regime has been doing that all year, Reg. Everything Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Paul Wolfowiz, Richard Perle, Colin Powell, and George W. Bush have said about WMD has been made up. See how easy it is? Posted by: Mike at October 1, 2003 07:43 PM | PERMALINKHere's a little dispatch from Eagle-land. The local sports media has been all over Rush. To quote Atrios, "He wasn't simply criticized, but talked about as if he were lower than dog shit." That's a pretty accurate characterization. The funny thing is that the Philly sports media is not exactly known for its political correctness. They've had plenty of run-ins over the years with black athletes, and many of the black fans in town have felt that treatment was unfair (Allen Iverson right now, Charles Barkley a decade ago, Richie Allen back in the old days). But this is different - everyone is united against Limbaugh. McNabb is very well-liked here, but not coddled even a little bit. The criticism was pretty intense after the first two games of the season when he played lousy. Everyone can see how ridiculous and propagandist Limbaugh's statement was. There were four opinion columns in the Inquirer and Daily News sports pages yesterday totally ripping into him. This was probably the most celebrated one. It's really gotten everyone united and circling the wagons around McNabb. Even the radio talk show hosts - again not always the most racially sensitive people in the world - are on McNabb's side. The reaction from the fans calling in has been a little disappointing, though. Pretty mixed, I would say. A good number of callers are saying stuff like "I like McNabb, but Rush is still right overall, blah blah blah." Still, I do think this affair has outraged at least some white sports fans in town who might not otherwise have been so sympathetic to that perspective. I get the general sense that there's a good deal of contempt for Southern and Midwestern conservatives here. Typical of any East Coast city, I guess. There are plenty of folks who might not be all that fond of black people, but they're also not going to give any respect to some racist redneck. This is less true the further out you get into the suburbs, particularly on the Pennsylvania side, but I don't think you see a lot of South Philly Italians tuning into Limbaugh in the afternoons. In a final irony, Limbaugh is actually going to be in Philly tomorrow to give a speech. I posted this on Atrios earlier, but they'd better give him a security detail, or else I foresee a pair of D-batteries in his future. (I should add that some troll over there accused me of making a threat on Limbaugh's life, as if he were the President or something. So just for the record, I'm not.) Posted by: JP at October 1, 2003 07:47 PM | PERMALINKReg Your argument is one of convenience, and disengenuous to boot. You want brotherly love and civility only when it provides Rush with refuge, but when he is the one dishing it out, you find it funny. Well, sir, or madame, i find the idea of Rush being a drug addict funny! Very, very funny indeed! It's like finding out we went to war and killed 20,000 Iraqi civilians because the head of the NSC 'forgot' that Nigeria did not supply Iraq with yellowcake afterall. Do you think Rush's credibility might take a hit over this? Rush, the pill popping pontificator. He should team up with Bill Bennet. And maybe Howard Stern. So the great mouth piece of the GOP right is a junkie? He's breaking Federal law, I bet. Thank God Ashcroft is demanding that scum like him get the book thrown at them with NO PLEA bargaining BS. Can you see him behing bars for 20 years. what a riot!!! Maybe he should just take an overdose and spare the world another hugely embarassing media frenzy. But enough of the fun. If it's true, I'd say Kevin is right and we have tipped into an alternate universe. It must have been when Mars whisked by so close. Everything has changed since then. It's a different world now, where people seem to be getting their due instead of getting away with murder, like before. Posted by: obe at October 1, 2003 07:48 PM | PERMALINKThe official position of NR is that some drugs should be legalized. You know, I can't stand many of the commenters on Freerepublic, Lucianne, or LGF etc either. I only have so much time however, and I prefer to spend my time checking the left rather than the right, as I'm sure there are plenty of lefties who are checking the excesses on the right. As for Bigotry, I don't define bigotry as inherently left or right, just an irrational hatred of a group, and I don't think it pops up in politics as often as either side claims it does. And name a time when Drudge has been wrong? I can think of a handful since 98 when I began checking him, but no more than any other paper. Posted by: Reg at October 1, 2003 07:51 PM | PERMALINKJP - I don't think citing Philly sports fans' reaction to something is worth debate points. Posted by: Ugh at October 1, 2003 07:52 PM | PERMALINKHere's the story from the Hindustan times, reporting on a report in a Kuwaiti paper. Who knows what it's worth. Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but did not say when. Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment. Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met on Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990. Posted by: wolfstar at October 1, 2003 07:56 PM | PERMALINKIt looks like Drudge is trying to kill the YellowGate story by distracting everyone with his Rush story. Note that he has removed all stories about the leaking and outing and felonious conduct. Good luck, eggman!@ Posted by: obe at October 1, 2003 08:04 PM | PERMALINKMcNabb's quarterback rating over the past 3 years has been 82.4. Jay Fiedler's (Miami QB) rating has been 79.9. Might as well be a wash on paper. You've got to be kidding me. First of all, you're not taking rushing yards into consideration at all. McNabb has just a bit of an edge in that department. Second, a QB's rating is always influenced by the weapons he has available to him. Last year, the Eagles and Dolphins wide receivers were about equal. But the Dolphins running back (Ricky Williams, 1853 yards, 4.8 YPC) was so far superior to the Eagles running back (Duce Staley, 1029 yards, 3.8 YPC) that there's just no comparison. Having a great running game takes a tremendous amount of pressure off the quarterback in the passing game. By the way, any real football fan knows that QB rating is an unreliable stat. When he retired, Dave Krieg had one of the highest QB ratings of all time. There are just too many important factors that it fails to measure. And nobody, nobody, who knows anything at all about the NFL thinks McNabb and Fiedler are comparable players. No fans, no commentators, no writers, no players - nobody. For you to latch on to this bogus stat really puts your biases on display. If you believe there's a liberal bias in the sports media, you either have no idea what you're talking about, or you don't care about the truth. As for the black coaches, the NFL's rule on interviews is a pretty heavyhanded measure. But that kind of thing is necessary when the best black assistant coaches can't get head coaching jobs year after year. Sherm Lewis? Emmit Thomas? Lovey Smith? Marvin Lewis put together possibly the greatest defense of all time, and couldn't get a job until this year, and that was with the Bengals. Tony Dungy had to finish in second place for head coaching jobs over and over again before he finally got his shot with Tampa Bay. If you think the story when it comes to black football coaches is racism against whites, there's no explanation for that except to say that you're seeing what you want to see. Posted by: JP at October 1, 2003 08:11 PM | PERMALINKI don't think citing Philly sports fans' reaction to something is worth debate points. Huh? I wasn't even debating anyone with that post, it was just observational. Now I'm debating you. Posted by: JP at October 1, 2003 08:15 PM | PERMALINKRush should at least have had the decency to compliment McNabb's well-bred thighs. Posted by: Grumpy at October 1, 2003 08:18 PM | PERMALINKUgh: The Steve Mariucci thing legitimately concerned race, so commenting on it would have been fine. But McNabb? It's absurd. People argue incessantly over whether athletes are overrated or not, and the conversations are like yours: what's his efficiency rating, how does the team do without him, etc. etc. Why on earth would you bring up race out of the blue? The idea that black athletes are somehow coddled is simply ridiculous, and bringing it up shows nothing except a pathological obssession with race. It would be like complaining that Sandy Koufax is overrated because of lobbying from the JDL. That just sounds nuts, right? Posted by: Kevin Drum at October 1, 2003 08:22 PM | PERMALINKKip says: I think I spotted your problem, sir. You live in Orange County. What the hell are you doing walking home from the market? Over the 405, no less? Damn Kip, you beat me to it! Posted by: George W. Bush at October 1, 2003 08:46 PM | PERMALINKnevermind that! "Walk"!? "405"?! That's farked up, dude! We gotta get you to a doctor! Posted by: squiddy at October 1, 2003 09:00 PM | PERMALINKLest anyone cry hypocrisy by assuming that Rush=>Right=>Objectively Pro Drug War:
Admittedly, he was somewhat flippantly countering an argument about going after cigarette manufacturers, but he's no drug czar. Posted by: sidereal at October 1, 2003 09:02 PM | PERMALINK1. "a great example of how the conservative blabocracy is simply
obssessed with the idea that blacks are just too damn well treated in
our society, and it's time someone spoke up about it." PB, the main way it could be positive is damage control and being the first one to spin the story. Drudge has already put his spin on it, that Rush is being attacked by an opportunistic media. He's since posted a story that Rush is resigning ESPN over his racist comments, which lends a bit of credence to this guess. Better to quit over disputed comments than to quit over being a shamed drug addict. Better to be the victim of a scandal-loving media than to be a racist and an addict. Posted by: neil at October 1, 2003 09:21 PM | PERMALINK"The idea that black athletes are somehow coddled is simply ridiculous" I don't think its ridiculous. Remember the fuss Jackson made because
of how few black owners and coaches there are in the NBA? The NFL's
policy of requiring teams to interview black coaches. Clearly there is
affirmative action in sports. If so, then when somebody is benefiting
over others because of his race, I don't think its problematic at all to
say so. Anyway, I just want to say that if Michael Moore accidentally shot himself to death while cleaning his secret handgun collection, or Arianna Huffington died when her Lincoln Navigator crashed, I wouldn't be out there gleefully telling everybody that they got what they deserved. What the hell is wrong with people. You'd have to be a Nazi or a Communist before I'd cheer your personal misfortunes. Posted by: Reg at October 1, 2003 09:33 PM | PERMALINKJP, that post at 8:11 was a hell of a good one. It made me think of one point that I haven't heard anyone mention: Leaving aside the racial aspect of it, Rush Limbaugh is one hell of a lousy football analyst. His lack of skill will not be missed. Posted by: Another Bruce at October 1, 2003 09:38 PM | PERMALINK"The idea that black athletes are somehow coddled is simply ridiculous." I don't think its ridiculous. Remember the fuss Jackson made because of how few black owners and coaches there are in the NBA? The NFL's policy of requiring teams to interview black coaches. Well, ignoring the point that coaches and owners are not athletes, maybe the reason why people make a fuss over how few black owners and coaches there are is because of how few black owners and coaches there are. Do you think that's just a coincidence? Or maybe you just think blacks lack the "necessities" to make good coaches? Posted by: JP at October 1, 2003 09:40 PM | PERMALINK"What the hell is wrong with people. You'd have to be a Nazi or a Communist before I'd cheer your personal misfortunes." That's how i always felt when listening to rush make his racist remarks, or spew his unique venom, or ridicule someone in a vulnerable position, and on and on with all of his lies and distortions and outrageous accusations. Are you saying we should pity Rush? According to Nietzsche, thaqt is the ultimate act of disempowerment, of humiliation. He is pitiful about now, though. Ok then, pity the poor pill popping pontificator. He has just been disgraced before the entire world for being a racist pig, and now he's a junkie, too. Oh, the poor piece of dog crap. I feel his pain, NOT! Posted by: obe at October 1, 2003 10:17 PM | PERMALINKYet hypocrisy charges will ring out just as they did for Bennett, even though he never faulted anybody for gambling. William Bennett made a career out of slamming every one of the vices except the one he practiced religiously. Pretty neat trick. If he ever stops moralizing about sodomy, people better watch themselves in the shower when he's around. Posted by: Rogers Cadenhead at October 1, 2003 10:34 PM | PERMALINKLet's see. This is a story out of the National Enquirer. They wired up the housekeeper? They got the housekeeper to sting her boss? He's a deaf guy. He needs a housekeeper for drugs? Let me see this again. Limbaugh has no access to doctors with prescription pads? He's around sports guys and he doesn't know how to get some novocaine? (Or, what the heck, uppers. Downers. And, whatever's in between?) Did you know there are physicians who love to take pills? Did you know when ether was invented, it was a party joke? And, the stuff was passed around the table of socialites? Come on. IF Limbaugh is a user and he's in need of a 'fix' ... he's the one guy who doesn't have to buy shit from his housekeeper! Not that the Enquirer doesn't work this way. You want to know if the man had sex last night? Who else but the housekeeper could check his sheets? Or see if there's a beside towel that could stand and walk by itself? Why a doosey of a way a muckracker like Limbaugh would have gotten caught. UNBELIEVABLE. Like finding out that J. Edgar Hoover wore dresses. Well, he did. But he'd have broken you in two if you shared his secret with the world. Some players got to die, first. Before the dirt comes out. Is Limbaugh really deaf? Is he considered through? Was the ditto head pool shrinking? You tell me. I don't go there anymore. But I guess Limbaugh is lucky if he's deaf. He just has to shut off the hearing aid and things remain about the same. Wow. There is nothing like poetic justice. Always a surprise. Always so complete in its delivery. Posted by: Carol in California at October 1, 2003 10:53 PM | PERMALINKSee: http://tinyurl.com/peya "The Palm Beach County state attorney's office, which is running the probe, Scoring in parking lot Cline told the Enquirer she went to prosecutors with information about She said she wore a wire during her last two deliveries to the conservative She also gave the Enquirer a ledger documenting how many pills she claimed In one missive, Limbaugh pushed Cline to get more "little blues" - code for "You know how this stuff works ... the more you get used to, the more it The account Cline gave the Enquirer is that she became Limbaugh's drug It started after her husband, David, hurt himself in a fall, and Limbaugh "He asked me casually, 'Is he getting any pain medication?' I said, 'Yes - Husband's pills Cline said she gave Limbaugh 10 pills the next day and agreed to give him I admire a strong, law and order conservative. Butg tell me this, when a big fat deaf liar falls on his face, does it make a sound? Now what's this about Gov. Arnis S. groping women, graqbbing their breasts, asses, crotches, asking them to put their fingersw in their vaginas and whether they have ever had a maqn insert his tongue in their anus? Disgusting, I agree. But this is coming from the future governator, so we as citizens hafve a duty to discuss it and whether this man is qualified for the job. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/recall/la-me-women2oct02,1,2313555.story?coll=la-home-headlines Posted by: hahahahaha!!!! at October 1, 2003 11:07 PM | PERMALINKReg: Anyway, I just want to say that if Michael Moore accidentally shot himself to death while cleaning his secret handgun collection, or Arianna Huffington died when her Lincoln Navigator crashed, I wouldn't be out there gleefully telling everybody that they got what they deserved. Please look at the conservative reactions to the deaths of Edward Said and Rachel Corrie, and then come back and tell me that you're appalled at Rush Limbaugh -- who built his career on cruel mockery -- being made the butt of mean jokes. --Kynn Posted by: Kynn at October 1, 2003 11:37 PM | PERMALINKBut you see, Reg, Rush is worthy of such bile. He's a bigoted, racist blowhard who specialized in vicious attacks on all of those who disagreed with him. He routinely lied and routinely engaged in ugly, ugly rhetoric. I would not rejoice in such a misfortune happening to someone just because they hold differing views from me. I have no qualms, though, about rejoicing in the misfortune of someone who so richly deserves it. Posted by: PaulB at October 1, 2003 11:42 PM | PERMALINKYou know, I'm not a Christian but I remember something wise that JC once said: "Out of the heart's abundance the mouth speaks". It didn't take ol blackheart long to mouth off did it? Posted by: Anonymous at October 2, 2003 12:26 AM | PERMALINKfor what it's worth, the mayoral election in philly is occurring next month. and, true to Repugnant form, the Republican candidate Sam Katz has been not loathe to inject a little race-baiting into the mix (John Street, the current mayor and Democratic candidate, is black). i wonder what effect limpblob's gonna have on this. maybe some of those rittenhouse square limo-liberals who were thinking that Katz was a "different kind of Republican" might get a wake-up call from this ... as well as some iggles fans in the Northeast and South Philly. Posted by: Cincinnatus C at October 2, 2003 12:29 AM | PERMALINKReg I revel in Rush's misfortune. I wallow in it. I roll around and smear myself all over with it. I guess that makes me a bad person. Posted by: SqueakyRat at October 2, 2003 01:21 AM | PERMALINKI remember that when Rush did the Playboy interview he came down very strongly against legalizing pot, etc. in no uncertain terms. In the words of my old biology professor, I would bet garbage to door-nails that the overwhelming majority of his audience feels the same way. Sidereal, I believe that what Rush was doing was his usual hyperbole
schtick, as he enjoys the occasional cigar, and is therefore on the side
of the tobacco industry. What gives it away is the remark about having
a legal drug cartel, and then suing for injuries incurred due to drug
addiction. The proposal from any serious decrim or legalizers is that
there be a tax on legalized drugs that would go towards helping those
who cannot use drugs with inflicting harm on themselves or society at
large. I've yet to hear anyone call for legalization followed by suing
companies that sell legalized drugs. If Rush's proposal makes sense to
you, I've a bridge over the Tule River I'd like you to have a look at
sometime soon. I'm surprised nobody has noted the parallel with another famous American entertainer who was against illegal drugs, but died with enough prescription drugs to start a pharmacy circulating throughout his body. Posted by: Dark Avenger at October 2, 2003 01:42 AM | PERMALINKLet's see - right-wingers have spent a decade of dominance in the American media trashing liberalism, leading a witchhunt on spurious charges against a legitimately elected President, impeaching him on the one charge that actually stuck - lying about sex -, and helped pass off the Florida debacle as "legitimately" electing Chimpy McSmirkboy as leader, only to see him trash the Constitution, trash the economy and trash America's reputation overseas. And now they want left-wingers to be nice to one of their own found breaking the law. Fuck that. I hope the fat prick goes to jail and gets butt-raped by a dozen Crips every night. Damn right I'm full of hate - you people took a basically good country and turned it into a stinking imperial kleptocracy. Fuck you and the media channels you rode in on - prosecute Rush's ass with every ounce of the law, and then why don't you people saddle up, press for a Special Prosecutor and stick Karl Rove in the cell next to him. Which leads to the interesting question - what will happen to the puppet Chimpy McSmirkboy if he no longer has Rove's hand shoved up his ass and waggling his jaw? Posted by: a phoenician in a time of Romans at October 2, 2003 01:43 AM | PERMALINKphoenician: that's Chimpy Whistle-Ass McSmirkboy to you. Posted by: Troy at October 2, 2003 01:59 AM | PERMALINKDamn, I wanted a piece of UGH, and now there's next to nothing left. Ah well, just in case anyone wants to peruse the stats. . . Here's Fiedler: http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/12363 Here's McNabb: http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/133361 Roughly the same pass numbers (although McNabb has more TDs and a better INT rate), and in rushing it's not even close. No fan of the game could have made such an analysis. Posted by: epist at October 2, 2003 02:31 AM | PERMALINKWonder how easy it's gonna be to take this woman's story and pump it full of holes? Sure, the people who clean up after you become like your mothers. They know all your secrets. But that Rush NEEDED her for drugs? Give me a break. It's now how it works in the upper strata. This woman, and her husband, could have cooked the story up to save their own asses. As to 'emails,' from a home computer? Can't anyone sit down and type out an email and not even look suspicious? If this woman went to the thugs. Oh, excuse me, the 'feds,' isn't it possible she figured out the story she needed to tell them? That Rush was stupid? Sure. The war on drugs? 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No doctor can supply a habit that is as large as Cline indicates (4000+ pills in *47* days). Allegedly, the probe in Palm Beach is looking for a pharmacist who was the dealer to Cline. This would jive with the amounts she allegedly provided to Rush as no doctor can legally prescribe such an amount without being investigated. Oh the irony..... Posted by: Flaffer at October 2, 2003 09:35 AM | PERMALINKHow did the maid allegedly score new connections when her husband's prescription ran out? The story is bizarre. I SMELL MOVIE OF THE WEEK. Posted by: xian at October 2, 2003 10:53 AM | PERMALINKMcNabb overrated? Very likely. McNabb overrated because of his race? Not a chance. If the alleged liberal media wanted to highlight a good African-American QB, they wouldn't have to overrate anyone, they could just talk about Steve McNair all day. 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